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Senate Parliamentarian Approves Ted Cruz’s Rewritten 10-Year State AI Law Moratorium, and Senate Introduces Bipartisan Preventing...

The Senate Parliamentarian approved Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) rewritten version of the House-passed 10-year state AI law moratorium, after concerns that the original moratorium would not comply with the Senate’s Byrd Rule....more

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Qualified Private Activity Bonds and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework

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Deemed to be a “once-in-a-generation investment in our infrastructure,”[1] the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) is expected to be signed into law by President Biden in the coming days, ending a nearly three...more

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Federal and State Funds to Support Maine Climate Action Plan’s Transportation and Broadband Goals

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Last week, the Maine Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) and Office of Policy Innovation and the Future jointly presented to the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities, and Technology (EUT) Committee a report outlining a four-year...more

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House Energy and Commerce Democrats Release Infrastructure Opening Offer

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House Committee on Energy and Commerce Democrats on March 11, 2021, reintroduced a signature infrastructure package, the Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act, or LIFT America Act (H.R. 1848) to modernize U.S....more

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2020 Mid-Year Legislative Update - DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team Mid-Year Analysis

Lawmaking in the COVID Era - The legislature adjourned on June 26 at 8:41 p.m. Sort of. After holding what was nearly the longest and certainly the strangest session in history, the legislature has really only recessed,...more

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North Carolina Legislative Update - March 2019 #4

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Budget appropriations meetings continued this week at the General Assembly as a number of substantive bills were introduced on a variety of topics. Farm Act of 2019 (S315) - The annual bill to make various changes in...more

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NCGA Week in Review March 2019 #4

North Carolina legislators reconvened on Monday to kick off a full week of committee presentations and floor votes. House lawmakers held several floor votes this week, including an unanimous vote on HB 283: Conner’s Law,...more

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Vermont Legislative Update 03-01-2019 - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team

Panel passes substance abuse prevention bill - The Senate Health and Welfare committee voted out a committee bill relating to substance misuse prevention on Friday. The bill proposes to establish a Substance Misuse...more

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Vermont Legislative Update 02-01-2019 - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team

House Commerce pauses bill to ban non-compete agreements - After hearing limited opposition from the business community to a bill that would ban virtually all non-compete agreements, the House Commerce and Economic...more

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Vermont Legislative Update 1-12-18 - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team

The House Commerce and Economic Development Committee unanimously approved a bill this week, H.593, that includes a variety of consumer protection provisions that were considered but not approved last year. A similar bill...more

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Ohio legislature considers expansion of broadband service for underserved areas

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Internet access has become a vital part of our everyday way of life. The ability to access the internet is critical for job searching, conducting government business, shopping, accessing important medical and financial...more

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